The Weekly Froth #41 (with The Time and Space Machine, Bottin, The Magician)

The Weekly Froth! A weekly take on six tracks, most of which have recently popped up somewhere in the blogosphere. Bit of a mixed bag with a slight leaning towards house, disco, and remixes, but generally just anything that for some reason tickled the writer’s fancy.

Track of the week: ‘Little Bird’ by The Time and Space Machine

If you had chanced upon this column last week you would’ve read about a fabulous Time and Space Machine remix. This, however, is a new original cut by the man. So that tells me that someone’s PR machine is working and that someone is gearing up for a new album release (and yes he is! he is!). This song, it is just lovely. Its a really restraint cut, the music and the vocals fit together, and it just gives out this vibe in unison. The line he sings has both a sort of melancholy as well as a child’s tale sensibility with the bird in the garden in the tree singing. It is a “little” song, a “small” song, but it just packs the punch and gives out a certain emotion that a lot of songs with a lot more bombast don’t give you. I wasn’t expecting this one, but I’m certainly not disappointed by it. Actually, anticipation for the album just grew bigger. … Continue Reading

Now Playing... Greatest Hits by Mystery Jets

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Now Playing... ‘Henrietta’ by Yeasayer

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The Weekly Froth #40 (with Saint Etienne, Julio Bashmore, Todd Terje, and more!)

The Weekly Froth! A weekly take on six tracks, most of which have recently popped up somewhere in the blogosphere. Bit of a mixed bag with a slight leaning towards house, disco, and remixes, but generally just anything that for some reason tickled the writer’s fancy.

‘Heading for the Fair’ by Saint Etienne (Time and Space Machine remix)

I love the start, that rolling bass does wonders, just gets the thing going really. Not sure if he aims for Chinese sounds there, but that is what it makes me think of. At 1:20 Richard Norris (aka the Time and Space Machine) kicks it into higher gear, and I’m almost expecting someone singing “Chiiiinaa daarrrrling” at one point or another. Its got that Eighties synth and space vibe going on that I think is really fun and which I think is good to hear again a bit. Especially with such a build, as Norris does a nice job of changing it up every so often (and more often than not he takes the pace with him). It has the variety, it has that hypnotic balearic thing going on, it’s got pace, and it’s got a certain thing to it that hooks you to the song: in short, it’s quite a lovely listen to this remix of a Saint Etienne tune.

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Now Playing... ‘Protection’ by The Invisible

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Track: ‘Protection’ by The Invisible

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Now Playing... ‘The Only Place’ by Best Coast

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Track: ‘The Only Place’ by Best Coast

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The Weekly Froth #39 (with Kelton Prima, CFCF, A.N.D.Y., and more!)

The Weekly Froth! A weekly take on six tracks, most of which have recently popped up somewhere in the blogosphere. Bit of a mixed bag with a slight leaning towards house, disco, and remixes, but generally just anything that for some reason tickled the writer’s fancy.

Track of the Week: ‘Midnight Dub’ by Richard Rossa (Kelton Prima remix)

Kelton Prima is one that likes to go deep with the beat (at least the songs I’ve heard of him), and though this is not as deep as cuts of his I already have in my collection, it isn’t quite the by SoundCloud labelled nu-disco either. I would say it is more of a mix of deep house with some lighter elements, including a tingling bell of some sorts and a quite prominent synth. Then the space sounds come in (that I do remember of him, see his fairly recently released song ‘The Dark Side of the Spoon’) and Prima makes it an intergalactic ride through the clubs. The synths give it its air and its contrast, but the thing that keeps propelling it forward is the kind of grainy beat that keeps on going furiously. Like how the drums become prominent for the first time at the tail end of an interlude of some sorts in which the song is stripped down a bit. After that, the synth and space sounds bring this to its end. If you like your deep house (but not too deep) and your space (but not too space), and if you especially like it for a club setting, than not much wrong with this one I reckon.

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Now Playing... 'Take a Walk' by Passion Pit

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Track: ‘Take a Walk’ by Passion Pit

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Now Playing... ‘Five Seconds’ by Twin Shadow

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Track: ‘Five Seconds’ by Twin Shadow

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Weekly Froth #38 (with Late Nite Tuff Guy, RAC, Classixx, and more!)

The Weekly Froth! A weekly take on six tracks, most of which have recently popped up somewhere in the blogosphere. Bit of a mixed bag with a slight leaning towards house, disco, and remixes, but generally just anything that for some reason tickled the writer’s fancy.

Track of the week: ‘Holiday’ by Late Nite Tuff Guy

Nope, this is not a remix of the Madonna song. You’ll be forgiven for thinking so though, I certainly did prior to listening to it. But it’s old school and it’s disco, and that is LNTG’s comfort zone really. Love the beat and bass action to get this song going, nice tempo, sure will come in handy for the dancefloor (which, by the way, this song is perfect for, also with the tempo change at 1:25 which surely must go down well). As always he sure knows how to build something up. Really a lot of patience here, as there are several points where you would expect (and he does tease you with it) that the song will go for the kill, but instead it does another round of catchy bass (and who is complaining?). Finally, at 3:50, in come the vocals, and oh boy, they sure have got attitude to them. A smooth ride, catchy and funky, and some strong voices there: what more do you want from a Change remix?

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Now Playing... ‘Youth Without Youth’ by Metric

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Track: ‘Youth Without Youth’ by Metric

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Now Playing... ‘Every Single Night’ by Fiona Apple

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Track: ‘Every Single Night’ by Fiona Apple

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Weekly Froth #37 (with Idjut Boys, YACHT, Small Pyramids, and more!)

The Weekly Froth! A weekly take on six tracks, most of which have recently popped up somewhere in the blogosphere. Bit of a mixed bag with a slight leaning towards house, disco, and remixes, but generally just anything that for some reason tickled the writer’s fancy.

Track of the week: ‘One For Kenny’ by Idjut Boys (Extended Version)

‘One For Kenny’ has this sexy, lets-get-it-on quality to it that I really like. Underground in the club, let’s get down. There aren’t a lot of light sounds being used in the first half of this, which makes sure the song situates itself firmly in the seedy clubs downtown from the get go. Around halfway the synths come out though, and finally this lighter sound comes through to contrast the underground vibe, and it does get a bit more party with that, it gives it a bit more of a pace. So you’ve got two parts, which for a track of more than six minutes isn’t that bad of an idea anyway. And the second part still is club material as well, so don’t worry about that. Lovely track with loads of atmosphere.

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Now Playing... 'Every Night I Say a Prayer' by Little Boots

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Track: ‘Every Night I Say A Prayer’ by Little Boot

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